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project 12 post #1 | Calgary photographer

kathy — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:08:59 +0000

This year I decided to jump in a project with a few other awesome photographers. The goal? Shooting one photo a month based off a word for ME. It’s something fun, something inspiring. I love seeing everyone’s interpretations of the same word. It is really neat to see how one word means so many different things to everyone.
Our first word was fresh.

Nothing says fresh to me like a beautiful sunrise. Every day we are given the opportunity to start fresh. We start out with a clean slate for the day the moment we wake up. And if we are lucky, we wake up to proof of that right out our front door. What a beautiful start to a day.

Now check out Heather’s take on fresh…. it’s pretty cute!

Newborn session special~Calgary newborn photography

kathy — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:15:07 +0000

I am so excited to delve even more deeply into the amazing world of newborn photography. I love everything about those squishy little bitty newborns. And I absolutely love creating beautiful photographs of tiny miracles to be treasured forever. There is something just so amazing about those few first days. The newness of it all. The joy. The love. The bonding. And I want to capture those moments, those feelings.

So I am offering 8 newborn sessions at a very heavily discounted price To get in on this special you must be due in Feb or March. The session must be booked with me to hold your spot when baby is born. The session has to take place when baby is 10 days or under.
The details:
$200 – full newborn session in my studio. 10 images full resolution of your choice from gallery on disc. All the images in your gallery can be purchased for an additional $150. This is big savings! Huge! So please… if you are looking for newborn photos shoot me an e-mail kjongstra@telus.net.
If you know someone expecting please send them my link for this special or

Just a few of my most recent session…. they are just so beautiful!! So thankful to be trusted with memories to last a lifetime. It is the best job in the world!

Four means fun! | Calgary children’s photographer

kathy — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 03:09:09 +0000

These 4 kids ALWAYS leave me smiling. They are so great for photo sessions and they are so cute!! And Miss M is turning into such a beautiful young lady! These are my friend’s kids… and I love them. They are fabulous. They make you want to have tons of kids…… but I won’t

It was a VERY serious session.

There was NO laughing.

There was absolutely NO messin around. That’s just not how I roll

And there were a lot of really great, super awesome pictures. Pictures that prove 4 kids means a ton of fun!

And now I leave you with one of my faves….. from SUCH an awesome session Thanks guys!

pretty and peaceful | Calgary newborn photography

kathy — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:59:19 +0000

Another sweet girl found herself in my studio in December. She was so pretty and so peaceful… must have something to do with her laid back momma
Thanks so much for bringing her in!!

And a couple on the pretty pink roses She had some great eye contact!

she’s so lovely | Calgary newborn photographer

kathy — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 09:35:17 +0000

I can only think of one word for this little tiny bundle…. lovely. She is lovely. So tiny and delicate and dainty. And just makes you want another baby. Or 2 or 3 lol. She was so much fun in the studio, thanks so much for bringing her in!!

Sigh. Just beautiful

out to steal hearts | Calgary newborn photography

kathy — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:26:46 +0000

This little man is definitely out to steal your heart. He is so very cute, I could hardly stand to let him leave my house!!! He’s going to have people wrapped around that little thumb in no time!! You could see he already has Mom and Dad – hook line and sinker Such a beautiful family, so glad I had the pleasure of meeting you and the newest member of your family.

This has to be one of my favorite fabrics I have gotten recently. It looks amazing… the perfect baby boy blue

Mom brought this hat… isn’t it cute!! Bet it looked great for Christmas!!

A ‘lil’ rebel turned 1!! | Calgary baby photographer

kathy — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:36:28 +0000

There is something about birthday parties I love. The people, the fun, the food (ok I mean cake lol), and the little birthday person. This birthday party was no exception! This little man turned one… and he is so incredibly cute!! His mom sure had fun decorating for the party, it looked incredible!

The little birthday man

He sure loves his mama!

Brother sneaking in some kisses… I don’t know if I have seen such a loving big brother before

Sisters with their two youngest

Some friends

And then CAKE time!!! Hello sugar high

And what would a party be without presents???? He finally got into it, right at the end!

One awesome family memory from this day…. took some magic to get this!

Happy Birthday! Thanks for letting me be a part of the big day

Meet our elfontheshelf Bruno | Calgary photographer

kathy — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:48:05 +0000

Our elf on the shelf, which we named Bruno, arrived on Nov 29. As he was supposed to arrive on the same day as my sister’s elf, imagine our shock when ours showed up a day early. I am SO disorganized this year!!!!

The day he arrived he made us breakfast to celebrate our first day together. Fun ‘north pole’ milk, donuts, and egg mcmuffins got me out of breakfast duty

Ro was skeptical, but Kade said ‘Our house is FULL of magic!!!!’. It is baby girl. It is. We are just over a week in, and it has been the most fun tradition to start. The kids wake up every morning, rushing to see where the elf is and what mischief he has been in. Because our elf? OF COURSE they would send a little mischief maker. Totally fits in around here!!!

This was our big first day

(day 1)

Ro listening to the story….

helping his sister get her ‘north pole milk’

On the second day… our elf was already causing trouble!!! The kids caught him coloring a picture of an elf (lol), he had written his name on it and was cutting it out!

(day2)

On the third day, he was already hittin on Strawberry Shortcake!! Took her for a swanky cupcake date in our TV stand….

(day 3)

Probably didn’t make a great impression… as he was covered in icing lol.

On the fourth day, he THREW A PARTY!!! What a mess… they had pop and chips and trail mix…. and the kids found them playing Uno Moo. Kade was not impressed he was wearing her beads lol.

(day 4)

Oh don’t try looking all cute! WHO is going to clean this all up???

On the fifth day he must have had the munchies. Took Kade until breakfast to find him. Oh Bruno.

(day 5)

On the sixth day he was super busy racing on our remote control toys. Tons of others got in on the action, Dora was even photographing at the finish line!

(day6)

The ones holding the remotes lol.

On the seventh day…. Bruno went fishing.

(day 7)

His fishing rod is pretty cute

I’m going to post 7 days at a time so the posts don’t get too long, but you don’t get tired of coming back to check on our elf!!!
Can’t wait to share the next elfnanigans!!! If you have an elf, hope you’re all enjoying this fun time too!

Elf on the Shelf… he’s arrived!! | Calgary photographer

kathy — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:55:37 +0000

The day I have been waiting for WEEKS happened. Finally! And a day early. I am a mess for dates right now.
Christmas happens to be my most favorite time of the year. I love having some family time, some Christmas cheer, Christmas baking, going to church. And I LOVE the music. LOVE.
This year Christmas is going to be a little harder. For the first time we have no family visiting. My sister and family is clear across the country. So I am a little sad, and lost. I love to cook for the holidays, and suddenly have not too many too feed. I love to bake… but who is going to eat it? So this year I am a little scared of Christmas.
I decided to focus on the kids, and try to come up with something that would still let our kids feel close to their cousins. I had seen elf on the shelf last year and thought my kids would love it. So I ordered 2, one for us and one for my nephews.

The elf is basically a go between from the kids to Santa. He uses magic every night to go back to the North Pole and tell Santa everything that’s going on. Every morning he returns but in a different place than he was left. And some elves cause trouble…. it’s totally cute. The kids get to name the Elf, tell him their secrets and it just plain old rocks.

So Jenny and I were going to do a big surprise North Pole breakfast together so the kids could talk about it, and it would be a Christmas bonding tradition. Well… all was well and good until I accidentally did our breakfast ON THE WRONG DAY!! Ugh I am still sick over it! We were going to start Dec 1, and I did it Nov 30! I’m telling you… I am a hot mess for dates right now!

So I was up at 5:15 (to beat our real alarm clock Kade. Who wakes us all up at 6am on the dot.every day.) and set up the surprise breakfast. Egg mcmuffins (thanks Pinterest), green and red milk with marshmallows in a rudolph cup (by far the biggest hit), some Christmas donuts, and a little rudolph toy. Kade was COMPLETELY awed. She said ‘Our house is FULL of MAGIC!!!!’ That right there made it totally worth it Ro was and is more skeptical (people remember to take the tags off the doll. Seriously. Now I have to explain the tag thing to him lol) but he was up at 6 today ready to go find the elf!!!

After a day of thinking… our elf has a name. Bruno. So Bruno… welcome to the family.

It’s such a fun family tradition that I think can go on forever. If my parents had done it, I probably would still go to their house wondering where they put it! I love it!

I wanted to take some amazing pictures through our Elf journey, but the thing is it’s pitch black out when we get up. So I just have to go with it. lol.

The spread…..

Daddy reading the note from Bruno

Daddy reading the book!

Some pretty happy and excited kids around here!

Ro helping Kade get her special milk

Now to see if my nephews Elf has arrived!!!!!

precious | Calgary infant photography

kathy — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:43:45 +0000

Isn’t he just beautiful?? Had so much fun with this little guy And with him wanting to be wrapped up for the shoot, I rolled with it and tried out some fun lighting! Thanks so much for bringing him in, it was great!